Garment hanger



Oct. 19, 1943.

R. c. CHIDLEY 2,332,203

GARMENT HANGER Filed Nov. 3, .1941

"if ,3 W1 4 INVEN TOR. Rock 6. CH/DLEY.

rromvz Patented Oct. 19, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGERRock 0. Ohidley, El Monte, Calif. Application November 3, 1941, SerialNo. 417,640

1 Claim.

,This invention relates to a garment hanger, the prime purpose of whichis to provide a means of adjusting the clothes engaging members so thatdifferent sizes can be accommodated.

An object of my invention is to provide a novel garment hanger whichwill support either ladies dresses, or mens trousers, the clothesengaging members being horizontally adjustable to ac- I Other objects,advantages and features of invention may appear from the accompanyingdrawing, the subjoined detailed description and the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my garment hanger.

Figure 2 is an end view of engaging members.

Figure 3 is a side view of a slightly modified form of hanger.

Figure 4 is an end view of a modified form of garment engaging member.

' Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral l indicates asubstantial horizontal bar which is substantially rectangular incrosssection. A hook 2 is attached to the bar I at the center thereoffor the garment hanger. members 3 and 4 are one of the garment A pair ofclothes engaging slideably mounted on the bar l. Each of these clothesengaging members consists of a pair of plates 5 and 6, each plate beingnotched, as shown at 'l, to fit over the bar I, and the upper portion ofthe notch receives a dog 8 which is pivotally attached to the plates 5and 6. The dog out in the top of the bar I. The clothes engaging memberthus may be adjusted horizontally on the bar and held in adjustedposition. A spring I!) holds the dog 8 in engagement with the rack 9.Arcuate surfaced, or clothes engaging members, II and I2, are formed, ormounted,

the purpose of supporting 8 engages a rack 9 which is on the lower partof each of the plates 5 and 5, thus forming an arcuate surface to bearagainst the clothes which are thereby supported. These arcuate andcorrugated members are used preferably for ladies skirts, or menstrousers, when they are supported from the waist. The plates 5 and 6 areassembled around the bar I by means of suitable rivets, pins, or thelike, all of which is well known in the art.

In Figures 3 and 4, the bar I3 is identical in construction to the barI, and a pair of clothes engaging members I4 and I5 are adjustablymounted on this bar. These clothes engaging members are formed in pairswhich are assembled around the bar l3 in the same manner as describedfor the members 3 and 4. The complementary plates l5 and I! of each ofthe members are each formed with a depending finger I8 which engages thecuff portion of the trousers in order to support them. A post l9 dependsfrom the bar l3, and when trousers are supported from the waistband,the'inwardly folded portion of the trousers is looped over this post, thuscausing the trousers to be held in proper position to maintain thecrease and shape thereof. The clothes engaging members l4 and I5 areeach held in adjusted position by means of a dog 20 which is identicalin arrangement and mounting to the dog 8.

Having described my invention, I claim:

In a garment hanger, a bar, racks spaced from ends of said bar, andgarment engaging members mounted upon the portions of the bar betweensaid racks and ends of the bar and slidable thereon longitudinally ofthe bar to adjusted positions, each of said garment engaging memberscomprising companion side plates having confronting inner side facesformed with registering recesses defining a passage slidably receiv ingsaid bar and a slot extending upwardly from the passage, a pin passingthrough said plates and through the upper portion of said slot, a dogpivoted upon said pin and projecting from the slot, at the inner sideedge of the garment en gaging member, and a spring urging said pawldownwardly into engagement with a companion rack to hold the garmentengaging member in a set position upon said bar.

ROCK C. CI-IIDLEY.

